Expressing grief and anguish over the loss of human lives in fresh spate of cross-border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today called for immediate de-escalation of situation along the borders to end the miseries of the people. <br/><br/>The Chief Minister also condemned the killing of scores of police cadets in a terror attack on a Police Training Academy in Quetta, Pakistan. In a statement issued today, the Chief Minister said, the vicious cycle of death and destruction confronting the region must end at the earliest and serious efforts should be made at the political and civil society levels to revive the peace and reconciliation process.